3. TETBODON. 297 



y. Half-grown. Celebes. 



h. Young: skiu. Piuang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



i-l. Adult (17 inches) : stuffed. Indian Ocean. 



in, n, 0. xUluIt and young. 



2). Adult : skeleton. Purchased. 



41. Tetrodon Mspidus. 



PPTetrodon hispidus, i. Si/d. Xat. i. p. -ill (not synoii.^. 



? Tetrodon hispidus, lil. Ausl. Fisch. i. p. 130, tab. 142; i>V. Sclin. 



p. 504. 

 Tetrodon hispidus, Laccp. i. p. 487, pi. 24. fig. 1 ; Richards. Vuif. 



Samar. Fish. p. 17, pi. 9. tigs. 3 & 4. 

 Tetraodon per-spicillaris, Hiipp. Atl. Fische, p. G3. 

 — — semistriatus, Itiipp. N. IV. Fische. p. 58, pi. 10. fig. 3. 

 Tetrodon implutus, Jcnyns, Vuy. Bcar/le, Fish. p. 152. 

 steUatus, Fi/d. <§• Soul. Voi/. lionite, Poiss. p. 212, pi. 10. fi"-. 2 



(not Lacep.). 

 laterna, Richards. Voy, Stdphur, Zool. p. 124, pi. Gl. fig. 2, and 



Ichth. Chin. p. 199; Bleek. J'erh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Bluotk. p. 23, or 



Kat. Ti/ds. Ked. Ind. in. p. 299 ; Giinth. Fish. Zanz. p. 131. 

 Crayracion inrahxtns, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod. p. 71. 

 laterna, Bleek. I. c. pi. 1. fig. 3. 



Very small spines cover the whole body from the snout to the 

 space between dorsal and anal fins, the hind part of the tail being 

 naked ; abdominal spines with two, three, or four short roots. 

 Snout of moderate length, with the upper profile slightly concave. 

 Orbit prominent, situated in the middle of the length of the head. 

 Intcrorbital s]iace concave, not twice as broad as ''he orbit. Length 

 of the caudal tin equal to its distance frum the front margin of the 

 dorsal. Brown above, with not very numerous rounded bluish-white 

 ppots. One or two bluish rings round the gill-opening and pectoral, 

 and round the orbit. The coloration of the lower parts varies : — 



Tar. a. Four or five subvertical black blotches along each side of 

 the abdomen. These spots are generally crossed by incomplete 

 whitish longitudinal bands (thus approaching var. /3), the remainder 

 of the abdomen white : T. perspicillaris, hispidus. 



Eed Sea and Eastern Africa ; Ceylon. 



a-b. Half-grown, lied Sea. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 



c. Adult: dried (IS inches). Red Sea. Presented by Sir G. Wil- 

 kinson. 



if. Adult. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 



e-f. Adult : stuffed. Zanzibar, Presented by Lieut.-Col. Pla}-fair, 



g. Young. Mozambique. Presented by Dr. Livingstone. 



h. Half-grown. Port Natal. From Mr. Ayres's Collection, 



i. Adult: stuffed. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 



fc-l. Adult and young. From the Collection of the Zoological So- 

 ciety. 



m. Half-grown. (Atlantic??) Presented by Sir J. liichardson ( 7'. 

 hispidus). 



a. Adult : stuft'ed. Old Collection. 



